Botox, Filler, and Various Anti-Ageing Treatments to Treat Wrinkles, Sagging, and Fine Lines

With age, the skin becomes thin and starts showing some aging signs including wrinkles, fine lines, sagging, etc. Skin exposure to pollution, sun, and UV rays damage the skin elastin and collagen resulting in low firmness as well as elasticity leading to fine lines, wrinkles, sagging, etc. Among all the aging signs, the most common ones are wrinkles and fine lines.

Are you not comfortable with your skin? Do you avoid gatherings due to wrinkles, fine lines, or sagging? How about getting treatment to look younger than before? With time, different skin processes have been introduced in the market that works miraculously to fade the signs of aging and make you feel comfortable with your skin.

A few years back, people used to hire a plastic surgeon to turn back the clock, but the majority of them do not prefer going to a plastic surgeon due to invasive yet expensive procedures. Thanks to aesthetic medicine, introduced non-invasive safe procedures in the market and evolved considerably in a couple of years. No downtime, no invasion, no anesthesia, no surgery, still you can achieve similar or you can say better results with the aesthetic treatments.

Aesthetic medicine brings treatment for every skin-related issue, especially sagging, fine lines, wrinkles, hyperpigmentation, uneven tone, acne, large pores, and whatnot. Before moving towards the anti-aging treatments let me tell you the main causes behind all the skin-related issues.

• Exposure To Sun & UV rays
• Smoking
• Repeating the Same Facial Expressions

What Are Wrinkles?

The line that forms on your skin due to any reason is called wrinkles. Have you ever noticed the creases on your skin? The same lines occur on your skin too and require treatment to get improve or vanish same as a shirt that needs ironing. The wrinkles most commonly occur on your neck, face, arms, and hands. You can stop wrinkles because it is a part of the aging process but through procedures, you can reduce their visibility of them.

What are fine lines?

Do you know which are the very first signs of aging? Fine lines. With age, fine lines start appearing on your skin, especially around the eyes and lips. These lines occur when you can smile, cry, frown, or during any facial expression.

Treatments For Wrinkles & Fine lines

As you know, wrinkles and fine lines are part of the aging process and they can't disappear but through different aesthetic skin procedures, you can improve your skin appearance and reduces the signs of aging as much as possible.

There are three types of procedures including skin treatments, laser, and injectable treatment. Let's start with the skin treatment.

Dermabrasion

Dermabrasion is a skin resurfacing process where a rotating device is used to scrape away the outer layer of the skin. It's the same as exfoliation of the skin that removes the outer layer which gets damaged due to exposure to UV rays, sunlight, or aging. Through this procedure, you can get smooth yet youthful glowing skin again.

This is an outpatient procedure, where the dermatologist will inject anesthesia into your skin to make it numb and then "sand" the face. It helps in reducing wrinkles, fine lines, and hyperpigmentation and restores the glow on your skin.

Microdermabrasion

In this treatment, fine crystals are utilized to sand the skin and exfoliate the dead cells. It is a minimally invasive process that helps to renew the skin resulting in improving skin texture and glow and decreasing fine lines as well as wrinkles. This procedure also works perfectly for sun tan, stretch marks, and discoloration.

Chemical Peels

In this procedure, the skin imperfect vanishes by using a small number of chemicals and injecting it into your face. Through the solution, the top layer of your skin is removed and creates room for another layer to grow which will be fresh and glowing. This procedure helps in reducing fine lines and wrinkles.

Laser Treatments

Laser Resurfacing

The laser resurfacing procedure is used to reduce large pores, hyperpigmentation, acne, wrinkles, and fine lines. In this technique, the laser pulsated beams are used on the affected area of skin to improve skin texture, glow, and signs of aging. Moreover, it also works to enhance the texture and tightness of the skin. During this treatment, the outer layer is removed safely through beams and a new healthier layer takes its place.

Injectable Treatments

Botox

Botox is a form of botulinum toxin bacteria that is used to freeze the muscle to block nerve signals to it. With botox, the particular muscle becomes paralyzed temporarily, resulting in no muscle movement which reduces the wrinkles and fine lines. The botox smooths the fine lines and wrinkles and makes them less prominent on your face. This treatment can last for months or years but is not permanent.

Botox is used to treat wrinkles and fine lines on the forehead, between eyebrows, and under the eyes. However, the wrinkles that occur due to skin sagging on the neck, cheeks, or jaw areas cannot be treated through botox.

Fillers

The derma fillers are substances, that are used to add volume and fullness to the skin. The substances that are used as derma fillers include:

• Calcium Hydroxyapatite( a mineral mostly found in bones)
• Hyaluronic Acid (A fluid that is found in tissues works to add plumpness to the skin)
• Polyalkylimide (get like substance that shows compatibility with the body)
• Polymethyl methacrylate (semi-permanent filler type)
• Polylactic Acid (works to boost collagen production in the skin)

These substances are used for different signs of aging and as per requirement. The fillers last for 6 months to 2 years depending on the substance used in them. Derma fillers are used to treat the sagging of skin and help you restore your youthful look. It generates pulp in the cheeks, reduces wrinkles, decreases fine lines, tightens the skin and makes it look smoother than before. Not only this, even after fillers your skin feels more youthful yet soft.

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